{"id":154551,"date":"2026-08-05T09:30:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//?p=154551"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:36:32","slug":"ucf-grad-helps-shape-humanitys-next-giant-leap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//ucf-grad-helps-shape-humanitys-next-giant-leap/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Grad Helps Shape Humanity/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019s Next Giant Leap"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>When <strong>Alex Williams /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201909</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//strong> says, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cthese are exciting times,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d just consider where he/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019s been and where he believes humanity is going.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>Williams recently traveled between Virgin Galactic/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019s headquarters in Tustin, California, and its spaceship factory in Mesa, Arizona, 350 miles from Spaceport America near Las Cruces, New Mexico.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>Today, fewer than 800 people have traveled to <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//space/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/">space</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//a>. But Virgin Galactic projects that soon 750 or more people /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2014 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201castronauts/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2014 will ride its spaceships annually.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<blockquote><p>&#8220;My wheelhouse, [going] back to Disney and UCF, is designing experiences that are different, larger than ourselves.&#8221;</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//blockquote>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>As the company/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019s senior manager of program design, Williams is among those responsible for producing a full /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cexperience/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d around each pinnacle moment.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cMy wheelhouse, [going] back to Disney and UCF, is designing experiences that are different, larger than ourselves,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d Williams says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cHere, I get to be part of opening space as the next layer of humanity./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>While Virgin Galactic/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019s early flights made headlines for carrying company founder Sir Richard Branson and a few private astronauts, those brief trips had a bigger purpose.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cWe believe deeply in making space accessible for all,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d Williams says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cEach spaceflight brings everyone closer. The day is coming for everyday people who watched Apollo and Artemis missions with wonder. It/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019s coming for the person looking for perspective or the next adventure. They can be astronauts./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<h2>Inside and Outside a Flight to Space</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>The official term for a flight with Virgin Galactic is /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cspaceflight expedition./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d Passengers don/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019t board a rocket.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cIt/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019s a spaceship,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d Williams says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>Part of the experience, then, is knowing your way into a spacesuit and into your seat aboard the spaceship. It/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019s bonding with crewmates and being prepared for Mach 3 speed. Preparation is critical, but it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019s designed to be much less intense than fortifying oneself for a Mount Everest expedition.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cYou/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019re in New Mexico for less than a week,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d Williams says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cWe don/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019t want it to be physically taxing because we want you fully immersed in this monumental experience./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/"attachment_154554/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/"max-width: 300px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/"figure float-left/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/"><noscript><img 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/">(Photo courtesy of Alex Williams &#8217;09)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>The spaceflight expedition is approximately 90 minutes from boarding to landing, including several minutes of weightlessness.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cSafety is paramount, so we use an air launch system where a launch vehicle carries our spaceship to a release point of 45,000 feet,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d Williams says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cThen the rocket motor kicks in, and the spaceship accelerates to Mach 3. The astronauts are sent back into their seats comfortably. When the motor shuts off, you coast to your highest point. And then the spaceship glides back to Spaceport for a graceful runway landing./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>The immersion surrounds those 90 minutes. It includes <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//hospitality-tourism/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/">hospitality</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//a>, food and beverage, and bringing astronauts and their families into the culture of the Las Cruces area.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cWe test everything,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d Williams says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cI/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019ve learned, for example, that I like hatch chiles./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>They are now part of the carefully designed experience.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<h2>Stretching His Own Mind</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>After four years at Virgin Galactic, Williams has explained the experience so many times that he feels as if he/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019s taken flight himself.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>Even so, he still occasionally struggles to find the words.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cIt/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019s indescribable,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d he says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>The technology of safe spaceflight is mostly beyond his understanding, which only adds to the fascination for a kid at heart who grew up in Citrus County, just 90 minutes from Orlando/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019s theme parks, where he first began stretching his imagination.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cDisney had this unbridled positivity for what the future could be,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d Williams says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cI wanted to be a part of something like that, helping push humanity forward, but I wasn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019t sure how./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>He began to discover how at UCF, where he <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//art-ba/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/">majored in art</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//a> and says he had the freedom to /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cFrankenstein my educational program together./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d The first day he walked into the Student Union, he happened to be walking into auditions for Universal Orlando Resort/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u2019s Halloween Horror Nights.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201cThat experience became a piece to the puzzle,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/u201d he says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154551/n<p>A themed attraction class, where he helped design a ride, added another piece. 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